...statistically the most effective solution to quitting smoking.

Good news for the manufacturers of the smoking cessation medication Champix is that the latest statistics released by the National Health Service Information Centre show that it is the most effective and successful treatment for helping individuals their quit smoking habit. Despite some negative publicity surrounding the medication which claimed that the drug could cause psychiatric side effects it is still statistically the most effective solution to quitting smoking.

The figures showed that almost 2/3 of people who used the drug in England quit successfully whereas the figures for another smoking cessation drug bupropion only worked in just over half of all cases. Nicotine Replacement Therapy also was used by the National Health Service and produced a 49% quit rate. The other interesting statistic it is that 55% of individuals who did not take any sort of drug or nicotine replacement therapy managed to quit successfully meaning that the only medication which increased the likelihood of quitting smoking over and above taking nothing was in fact the Champix drug.

Another thing that the NHS Stop Smoking Services noted was that the numbers of people quitting is on the increase and that those people who set a specific date to quit smoking had a 50%+ rate for being successful with their quitting attempt. The government of the United Kingdom has finally understood that by investing in quitting smoking programs they will save money over the long term. Probably the most important step that has been taken is to ban smoking in public places as this has greatly increased the numbers of people being able to give up their habit and this will translate itself into significant savings for the National Health Service.

Champix which goes by the clinical name of Varenicline was launched last year and works by acting on brain receptors which control the desire to smoke. People are advised to take the drug everyday for a couple of weeks before they quit and notice a gradual reduction in the cravings for cigarettes.